Ingrid OliphantJun 24, 20136 min readHonesty…honestly. It’s about time I was honest with myself and the rest of the world.“As a child I felt myself to be alone, and I am still, because I know things and must hint at things which others apparently know nothing...
Ingrid OliphantJun 10, 20132 min readOn Mastery and DoubtOn June 3, I posted this on the UnCommon Touch facebook page: “Are we *so* sure that we’re not “being real” or our “authentic self”? Are...
Ingrid OliphantMar 26, 20131 min readMorning WakeningThis morning I was wakened in a dream with both gratitude and grief. The knowledge of how much your presence and your absence in my life...
Ingrid OliphantFeb 5, 20131 min readBarbarians“…night is here but the barbarians have not come. And some people arrived from the borders, And said that there are no longer any...
Ingrid OliphantJan 31, 20131 min readMy PrayerMaybe, somewhere burbling within I do have a message. I dunno. Here’s what came through today. My prayer is that you hear the Divine...
Ingrid OliphantJan 24, 20131 min readMore Merton“Since no man every can, or could, live by himself and for himself alone, the destinies of thousands of other people were bound to be...
Ingrid OliphantJan 22, 20132 min readAutumn FloodsThe autumn floods had come. Thousands of wild torrents poured furiously into the Yellow River. It surged and flooded its banks until,...
Ingrid OliphantDec 3, 20121 min readWhat is there Beyond Knowing?What is there beyond knowing that keeps calling to me? I can’t turn in any direcion but it’s there. I don’t mean the leaves’ grip and...
Ingrid OliphantNov 3, 20121 min readTangled WebSourceURL:file://localhost/Users/ingrdo/Documents/Tangled%20web.doc Wave after wave of grief & pain. Not the colossal waves that shred,...
Ingrid OliphantSep 24, 20121 min readPTSD and meThe meds made me fat while giving me the shits, created mental & emotional side effects worse than the ones that led me to them, and led...